citaban
[siˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“citaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,682 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,682
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de citar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-citaban · citaban · Spanish
citaban · rank #84,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,682
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cidra
Nearest frequency peer: cidra (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “citaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chicharra
chicharra
15,323 corpus weight
- chupón
chupón
15,321 corpus weight
- cidra
cidra
15,320 corpus weight
- citaban
citaban
15,319 corpus weight
- classroom
classroom
15,317 corpus weight
- clavijero
clavijero
15,316 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “citaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [siˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “citaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
citaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,682 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [siˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de citar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for citaban, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is citaban, spelled C-I-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de citar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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